Chapter XVIII: Protection Fees

The Barranca warrior's eyes lit up, and he bent his knife to block. When the eye thin sword is about to slash the blade. Li Ran turned sharply. The sword light swept from the bottom up from Barranca's armpit like a swimming snake. Seeing that the Barranca guards were not in a hurry to dodge, they suddenly shouted, and the long knife did not return to defend but directly slashed at the back of Li Ran's neck. It's a lose-lose move.

Li Ran suddenly bent over like a shrimp, and the blade of Barranca's guard grazed his neck, stroking a few strands of his hair. Li Ran stretched out his waist, like a shrimp kicking his legs, and the sword light from below actually picked up the throat of Barranca's guard at a faster speed. The Barranca guard was shocked, and with a horizontal left hand, the shield suddenly appeared in his hand, narrowly blocking the deadly sword.

Li Ran won the momentum with one move, and his attacks were even more continuous like mercury. Every time the Barranca guards find an opportunity to fight back. were all counterattacked by Li Ran with unexpected moves.

All this was in the eyes of the Tucker swordsman, when he first fought with the Barranca warrior, he already knew the power of the Barranca warrior in front of him, and his every blow was very direct and practical, so that the various moves and skills he learned in the barracks were useless, although he lost. But he was still full of respect for this Barranca warrior, and from the eyes of a barracks soldier, he knew that this Barranca guard must be a warrior who had been killed for a long time.

But the performance of the new owner in front of him surprised him. He could clearly see that his battle rank was only the first order. This rank was only a junior spearman in his former barracks, and when he first met him, he only thought that he had met a rich master. But what he saw in front of him shattered his point of view. In his eyes, the master's fighting style was the same as that of the Barranca guard, as direct and practical. But compared to the Barranca guards, the moves of this master called Heartkiller are more precise and agile.

How many battles does it take to master such a fighting technique? Why would someone with such combat skills be of the First Order? As a fourth-order class, he couldn't figure it out. After all, he is just an NPC, how can he know about Li Ran's past? Converted to virtual time, the time that Li Ran once fought in the third world was definitely unimaginable to him. Now even if there are no skill moves. But the instinct to fight has long been integrated into Li Ran's bloodline.

As he spoke, the battle was already over, and Li Ran struck the center of Barranca's shield with a sword, and the thin sword was broken into two sections. Barranca's guard took advantage of the situation and stopped at Li Ran's neck.

Li Ran looked at the Barranca guards and said with a smile: "It's not a loss to the Barranca War, although your empire has disappeared into the river of history, your indomitable will and fighting spirit will forever become a legend of the entire continent!" ”

The Barranca guard stared at Li Ran deeply for a long time, put away the long knife with a "choked" sound, and slowly knelt down: "Dear master, Barranca's guard chief Uchi voluntarily becomes your loyal warrior!" ”

Li Ran stood there for a long time, and after half a sound, he suddenly picked up the broken thin sword and slashed it at the palm of his hand, blood dripped down the palm of his hand and fell to the ground, and then slowly pressed on the right shoulder of Barranca's guard Uchi and said: "Thank you to Salci the Great for giving me a fearless guardian" (Selchi: the founder of the Barranca Empire)

In the Adventurers' Association of Serda City, Zhou Xun and his gang sat around a long wooden table. After a while, Zhou Xun looked at his teammates around him and said, "Okay, this is also an official gathering, except for Li Ran, who can't come over for the time being, all of them are here." Now we are two days away from the company's mission. I'm sure most people have already saved enough, and probably more! ”

Seeing that everyone hurriedly shook their heads, Zhou Xun smiled and said: "Don't cry poor, even your Wang Jun is embarrassed to cry poor." You can get one more second-order soldier than us, and then pretend to be poor and punish you for a night treat" The sentence amused everyone.

Wang Jun smiled and said: "I'm not crying poor, when I first came, I just bought a third-order lizard shooter and a magic book, and now I'm also poor."

Cao Dayong said in surprise: "You kid has bought a third-order class, how many gold coins did you spend?" ”

"35 gold coins, Tongtong and I have paid back the bargain for a long time," Wang Jun said proudly

Zheng Haitao on the side suddenly shouted: "Damn, why did you buy 35 gold coins for your third-order lizard shooter, I bought a third-order heavy halberd soldier and spent 42 gold coins!" ”

Zhang Juan sneered on the side: "That's stupid, you can't walk when you see what you want, you almost drool when you stare at it, people don't sell you at a high price, you are as stupid as you are" When everyone heard this, they laughed at Zheng Haitao one after another.

"Alright, alright, don't be kidding, classes that have intimacy bonuses with humans are more expensive. After all, there are more players who choose humans. Let's assign the tasks of these days. In the past few days, we have mainly made gold coins, and Dayong and I took some information from the company and studied it. Pick a few of the bounties that are right for us right now. I'll send you a list of tasks in a while, and everyone will share it first, and then we'll work together for a while to start with that one. I'll talk about the specific assignment when the time comes," Zhou Xun looked at the atmosphere and said

"Okay, captain, you can make up your mind," Wang Jun asked casually, pretending to be very casual, "but can we have one of us?" ”

Everyone looked at Zhou Xun together, and Zhou Xun just wanted to speak. Cao Dayong said on the side: "The task we took this time is not too difficult, and it doesn't matter if there are fewer people."

Zhang Juan glanced at Cao Dayong: "That's not what you said, there will be fewer rewards for tasks that are not difficult." Doesn't that affect everyone? You say yes."

Cao Dayong looked at Zhang Juan and said, "Then what are you going to do now?" ”

"What am I going to do? You have to ask the captain about this, I don't care, as long as it doesn't affect everyone, it's okay" After speaking, Zhang Juan glanced at Cao Dayong, and then looked at the others proudly.

Everyone nodded involuntarily and looked at Zhou Xun.

Before Cao Dayong could speak, Zhou Xun waved his hand to him and said: "Then let's do you have a suitable friend to introduce a person to the team, replace Li Ran for the time being, everyone has a colleague, I hope everyone will give Li Ran a little time"

Zhang Juan secretly twisted Zhang Debiao under the table, and Zhang Debiao immediately said in a dissatisfied tone: "Give him some time?" I saw him basking in the sun in the square yesterday, and he really thinks of himself as a life player! Such a person gives him fart time. I'll start with that, I don't have time to take him to an upgrade. Whoever wants me to take him to upgrade, don't blame me for not giving anyone face! ”

Cao Dayong stood up and said, "Did someone ask you to take him to upgrade?" Your name is Mao, I have something to discuss with you and give you back your face, right? ”

Zhang Debiao was also short-tempered, and at this time he slapped the table and shouted: "Lao Tzu just doesn't want to take him, what can you do!" ”

Cao Dayong stood up and just wanted to speak, Zhou Xun waved his hand again and said: "Everyone don't say a word, Dayong and I are just discussing with you now, to see if we can find someone to replace us, even if we talk to the company, what if the company transfers Li and then?" Isn't it the same to send someone? Wouldn't it be better for us to find an acquaintance to replace us? If you are really not satisfied with my opinion, I will immediately go and tell Manager Ren to ask for a replacement, so let's say it."

"I agree to find someone to replace me," Wu Tongtong was the first to say

Sun Jianye continued: "I also agree, as long as the substitutes are not too bad."

"Don't worry about this, this will be arranged by me and Dayong, and I will definitely not find someone with poor skills."

"Then I don't have a problem," Sun Jianye said

Zhang Juan looked at Sun Haitao and asked, "What about the company's monthly task indicators?" It won't be split between the 8 of us."

Cao Dayong glanced at Zhang Juan and said coldly: "Don't worry, although Li Ran is not with us, his share must still be paid, you can rest assured."

"That's good, I don't care," Zhang Juan said proudly

Most of the other people agreed, and Sun Haitao also introduced a friend to come in as a substitute. Zhou Xun said that he would think about it. Seeing that the matter was almost settled, everyone returned to the previous topic. I hope to discuss a solution that saves the most time and speeds the task.

While they were discussing, Li Ran had already rushed to the Broken Plains with his back full of medicine and food, and after following the instructions on the map and asking a few more people, Li Ran finally found the outpost camp of the Broken Plains.

Like many camps, soldiers from the city of Serda were stationed here. And it's because of these NPC soldiers and outposts. The players will slowly gather to form a village-like bazaar.

Choosing a location in the trading area, Li Ran set up a stall familiarly, and just made a few transactions, but saw more than a dozen players swaggering over. They were followed by their troops. Li Ran glanced at it, most of them were second-order and above. A barbarian player led by him stepped forward and said to Li Ran: "Hey, it's new~!" Pay the protection fee first and then set up a stall! ”

Li Ran looked around and asked, "How much?" ”

"2 gold coins a week, all for the same price," said the Barbarian player

"Is there a monster here to attack? Two gold coins a week is too expensive," Li Ran said

The barbarian player called the arrogant bandit said impatiently: "Then there is so much nonsense, you pay it or not, if you don't pay it, you will go to other places, I also told you, the four camps here in the Broken Plains are all from our Ling Tian Guild." If you don't pay it, you won't do business."